Formula 1 tire supplier Pirelli has bucked its 2016 trend by not allowing softer tires to be used in the final two races of this season compared to 2015.New rules introduced for this season mean Pirelli nominates three dry tire compounds for each F1 race this year, compared with two...

Lewis Hamilton described his performance in Austrian Grand Prix Formula 1 practice as "way off the pace" at the Red Bull Ring.While the reigning world champion ended practice two just 0.019s slower than Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, he was three tenths down in the faster opening session, and Rosberg aborted...

Pirelli has announced its ultra-soft tire will make its fourth appearance of the Formula 1 season in September's Singapore Grand Prix.The purple-walled tyre, previously allocated for Monaco, Canada and Austria, will be available for the night race along with the super-soft and soft. One set of the soft or super-soft...

Many Formula 1 drivers have won the Monaco Grand Prix with a one-stop strategy, but two elements of how Lewis Hamilton did so last Sunday seemed impossible.Pirelli's wet and intermediate tire compounds have been criticized for over-sensitivity and a lack of range, yet Hamilton was able to complete 31 laps...

Nico Rosberg says Daniel Ricciardo's pace to take pole position for Formula 1's Monaco Grand Prix came as a surprise in the final part of qualifying.Ricciardo beat the Mercedes drivers to pole with a stunning 1m13.622s, and while Rosberg eventually got to within two tenths of a second of that...

Lewis Hamilton has called for more pit stops to be introduced into the Monaco Grand Prix in order to make Formula 1's showpiece race more interesting.Despite Pirelli's new ultra-soft tire making its debut this weekend, the belief is drivers will only need to make one pit stop on Sunday given...

Pirelli has announced its Formula 1 tire compound choices for June's Austrian Grand Prix, with the ultra-soft to be used for the third time this season.The Italian supplier will bring the ultra-soft, super-soft and soft to the Red Bull Ring – matching the choices made for Monaco and Canada. Pirelli...

Pirelli's new ultra-soft compound will make its Formula 1 debut at this year's Monaco Grand Prix.The softest of Pirelli's five dry compounds is one of the three being made available for F1's prestige event on May 26-29. Aside from the ultra-soft, the teams will also be able to choose from...

Daniel Ricciardo believes the new ultra-soft Pirelli Formula 1 tire compound offers a "good step" in grip.The Red Bull driver used ultra-softs to set the second-fastest time of the second day of testing at Barcelona, with pacesetter Sebastian Vettel also using the compound. The new ultra-soft, which is an additional...

Williams performance chief Rob Smedley reckons Pirelli's new ultra-soft tire compound will present a "big challenge" to Formula 1 teams in 2016.F1 has revised its tire rules for 2016, introducing a new compound for circuits where the current super-soft tire is considered too hard – principally street tracks such as...